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To Be Honest Lyrics by Seekie

Black Boy Diaries

2020

[Intro]
Yeah, yeah
R.I.P. 40
Yeah, look
[Verse 1]
Punch the bus ticket
Niggas tried to leave the city but we still in it
Brother died niggas crying but we still living
Now we tryna cook a meal in this lil' kitchen
Channel 9 don’t define how the tribe living
L.I.B you know we ride and we God fearing
My God, Cal died need some power steering
Crossing double yellow lines having blurred visions
5 A.M. I got that knock on my door
Uncle face hit the floor
He said, go get your daddy something had happened O' boy
Ran upstairs started knocking on his master room door
Stumbled to me said what happened
And the tears start to poor
Saw my daddy cry I never wanna see that shit again
Said my brother died, got shot, killed by his kin
First thought that I had put some money on his head
God told me to forgive now I’m writing to forget
In a state of shock, can’t love right now
Can I get a drink or some bud right now
Can’t cry, can’t weep, can’t hug right now
Thinking eye for an eye I want war right now
Can I get deuce for a dub right now
No friends nigga I just want my family right now
My tribe my fam day one right now
Take none of y’all for granted we gone a crown
[Chorus]
You never know what you want
You never know what you need until it’s gone to be honest
(Gone, to be honest)
Spent some time on my knees, begging please don’t let it be, I pray he call pray we find em
(Call pray we find em)
Saw your name pop up on tv oh no no I don’t believe it I need space I need silence
(Space I need silence)
This feeling overwhelming I got regrets I got mistakes I can’t make up I’m out of timing
(All out of timing)
[Verse two]
One tread at a time like that
Just needed more time, put the city on the map
But, imma take the vision out that thang on my back
We gone walk through the mud, the trench, the valley
When I make it to the land of the gold paved streets
We gone have a big feast yeah we all gone eat
Pack a plate too take it back to the streets
And we teaching them loyalty, respect, repeat
And we teaching them loyalty respect repeat
And we teaching them loyalty respect repeat
Move like hyenas
You taught us that
If a brother fall down then you put em on ya back
You don’t gotta be a g you just gotta be a man
If they come for your respect then fight em where they stand
Going down a legend pour Moet in sand
Thro the 4’s up for the bro and where I am
Yeah
[Chorus]
You never know what you want
You never know what you need until it’s gone, to be honest
(Gone, to be honest)
Spent some time on my knees, begging please don’t let it be, I pray he call pray we find em
(Call I pray we find em)
Saw your name pop up on tv oh no no I don’t believe it I need space I need silence
(Space I need silence)
This feeling overwhelming I got regrets I got mistakes I can’t make up I’m out of timing
(All out of timing)
Credits
Seekie

Seekie

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"To Be Honest" appears on "Black Boy Diaries" in 2020.

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